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Stem cell breakthrough a major discovery say scientists

Scientists in Japan have shown that stem cells can be created quickly and cheaply by shocking blood cells by dipping them into acid in what is being heralded as a “major scientific discovery” that could revolutionise personalised medicine.

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What Are Stem Cells?

In a paper published in Cell recently, scientists from the US and Thailand have, for the first time, successfully produced embryonic stem cells from human skin cells. That sounds interesting, but what are stem cells and where do they come from?

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Valuable New Stem Cells Discovered in Breast Tissue

Rare stem cells extracted from adult breast tissue are pluripotent and can become most cell types, researchers at the University of…

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Mice Eggs Created from Stem Cells for the First Time

Japanese researchers have turned mouse stem cells into germ cells that give rise to eggs in living mice. These eggs have produced viable offspring through IVF.